Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:09:35 -0700 (MST) From: YOU <trodat@server1.ultratrends.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Darren Spruell <darren_spruell@sento.com> Subject: Re: X problems on i810 | AddScreen/ScreenInit failed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302111308020.74549-100000@server1.ultratrends.com> In-Reply-To: <3E492054.6090009@sento.com>
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I did have an instance where my screen had this annoying green square on it, I tried soo many things until I kicked the box in desperation. [ kick = reboot ] It was gone when I restarted. I don't know if this will help or not, just thought I'd throw what happened to me into the mix. R. On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Darren Spruell wrote: > Andrew Lankford wrote: > > To my knowledge, DRI extensions have never worked with i810 on FreeBSD. > > Whenever I felt tinkering with the config to see I could enable DRI, it > > wouldn't take, but I don't think it ever mucked up my screen. My video monitor > > did have some trouble with the DDC option (on my stable partition, just after > > I had upgraded the bios), but DDC seems to work ok now. If you do get it > > working, I would stay with a DefaultDepth of 16 instead of 24, as > > a setting of 24 tends to slow demanding apps down without noticeably improving > > picture quality. Notice also that the HorizSync and VertRefresh values are > > a tiny bit different on mine as well. > > > > Anyway, here's my XF86Config: > [...] > > Aargh. I tried both the changes you suggested, as well as adjusting only > the relevant parts of your config and trying it.. same result in both > cases. I even pulled a Red Hat 7.3 XFree86-4 config off of a working X > station and adjusted paths, etc. Same stupid staticy crap with the white > square ;) > > Anyway. I hate getting whooped by something this stupid, but I'm at > wit's end. Any other suggestions? If not, I found another huddy OEM > Gateway box with a different video card. I've got half a mind to try X > out on it. > > -- > Darren Spruell > Sento IS Department > darren_spruell@sento.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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